Jessie Willcox Smith

Diamond, a young boy living in nineteenth-century London, has many adventures as he travels with the beautiful Lady North Wind and comes to know the many facets of her protective and violent temper.

A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the castle.

A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city. Includes illustrated notes throughout the text explaining the historical backround of the story.

Presents condensed versions of eleven classics, including "David Cooperfield, " "Little Women, " "Alice in Wonderland, " "Heidi, " and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm."